单词 | the thin end of the wedge |
释义 | the thin end of the wedge phrase See full dictionary entry for wedge If you say that something is the thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development. [British] I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol. |
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